[H-GEN] Mac OSX questions

[Andrae Muys]

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R&J Stuart wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> I'm fairly new to OSX so pls be gentle...
> 
> 1. We have a Mac OSX box at work that I would like to get authenticating 
> via ldap, just like a linux box.  Any pointers on how to do this?  I had 
> a bit of a look at what pam modules are available and there doesn't seem 
> to be any ldap related modules.

That would be because it's already authenticating via LDAP ;)  I haven't 
got access to my box here, but IIRC you should take a look at NetInfo 
which hides itself amongst the other utilities.

> 2. What do OSs do if they don't have a /etc/nsswitch.conf?  Specifically 
> I'm interested in OSX for passwd and groups.
> 
See above ;)

> 3. Are there some good sites with OSX info on them that would answer 
> these sorts of questions, or give people with unix exp some pointers?

OSX is an interesting beast.  At a syscall/libc level it's unix through 
and through.  Apples engineers have done a remarkable job of 
assimilating the unix philosophy, but every now and then you trip over 
something where they simply didn't get it.

Andrae

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